2024 Year in Sports, Athletics: Duplantis dominates, Neeraj-Arshad showdown in Paris Olympics, a slew of world records
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2024 Year in Sports, Athletics: Duplantis dominates, Neeraj-Arshad showdown in Paris Olympics, a slew of world records

The Hindu  

There were records galore from athletics in 2024, both at the national and global level. | Photo Credit: NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon bettered her own world record in the women’s 1500m at the Paris Diamond League meet. Sweden’s Armand Duplantis poses next to a board displaying his new 6,26 meters world record after the men’s pole vault event of the Silesia Diamond League athletics meeting. Gulveer Singh broke his national record in the men’s 5000m event by clocking 13:11.82 to win gold at the World Athletics Continental Tour in Niigata, Japan. SPORTSTAR SHOWCASE: BEST FROM 2024 Jonathan Selvaraj - Breaching the 10s barrier in 100m — which Indian sprinter will get there first - Diljit Dosanjh’s Dil-luminati concert at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium draws ire of Delhi athletes - Indian Athletics in 2024: A flat end after much promise - One small centimetre for man, a giant leap for Armand Duplantis - Paris 2024 Olympics: The night Mondo Duplantis fulfilled his childhood fantasy - An old injury, overthinking and will to satisfy India’s hopes: Neeraj Chopra at peace with Paris Olympics silver - Noah Lyles sprints the talk to 100m glory in Paris Olympics 2024 - Rajindra Campbell, who gave up cricket for track, wins Jamaica’s first shot put medal at Paris Olympics - Afghanistan sprinter Kimia Yousofi: I have to run for all the girls who can’t - How does he cope with the intensity of his lonely skill - Neeraj Chopra reveals Johannes Vetter: An Olympic medal in javelin throw would be much nicer than a world record this year Gulveer Singh: Once running for Army promotion, India’s latest National Record setter now targets Olympics Meet Max Dehning, javelin’s youngest member of the 90m club

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Keely Hodgkinson: The track superstar with the world at her feet
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Keely Hodgkinson: The track superstar with the world at her feet

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Neeraj Chopra's T-Shirt Inducted Into World Athletics Heritage Collection
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Neeraj Chopra's T-Shirt Inducted Into World Athletics Heritage Collection

ABP News  

Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is among 23 athletes whose competition artefacts have been inducted into the World Athletics Heritage Collection, currently on display in the online 3D platform of the Museum of World Athletics. Besides Chopra, Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh, the World Athletics women's field event athlete of the year, and her fellow Paris Olympic medallist Thea LaFond are …

Neeraj Chopra among Paris Olympics athletes whose competition artefacts added to World Athletics Heritage Collection
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Neeraj Chopra among Paris Olympics athletes whose competition artefacts added to World Athletics Heritage Collection

The Hindu  

Neeraj Chopra, Paris 2024 Olympics silver-medallist and Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh, World Athletics women’s field event athlete of the year are among the 23 athletes whose competition artifacts were inducted into the World Athletics Heritage Collection. 🇺🇦's Yaroslava Mahuchikh and fellow @Paris2024 Olympic medallists including 🇮🇳's Neeraj Chopra are among the athletes whose competition artefacts are inducted into the World Athletics …

Sifan Hassan facing tough competition in BBC World Sports Personality of the Year award
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Sifan Hassan facing tough competition in BBC World Sports Personality of the Year award

NL Times  

Sifan Hassan is one of several highly prestigious athletes who are nominated for the BBC World Sports Personality of the Year award. Other nominees include US Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, Basketball player Caitlin Clark, and Armand Duplantis, who broke the Olympic and world record in pole vaulting in 2024. One of the contenders for the award is Simone Biles, …

Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan voted Athlete of the Year
3 weeks ago

Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan voted Athlete of the Year

Dutch News  

Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan has become the first Dutch sportswoman to be named World Athlete of the Year at a ceremony held by the sport’s governing body. She was also named women’s out of stadium athlete of the year at World Athletics’ annual awards ceremony in Monaco. “Sport is good for everyone’s health, and if we invest in it …

World Athletics: Olympic champions Hassan and Tebogo named ‘Athletes of the Year’
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World Athletics: Olympic champions Hassan and Tebogo named ‘Athletes of the Year’

The Hindu  

Dutch marathon runner Sifan Hassan and Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo, both of whom took gold at the Paris Olympics, were named ‘Athletes of the Year’ by World Athletics in Monaco on Sunday. Swedish pole-vaulter Armand Duplantis won the men’s field category after an unbeaten 2024, winning Olympic gold and setting a new world record of 6.26 metres. Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh …

Hassan, Tebogo named World Athletes of the Year
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Hassan, Tebogo named World Athletes of the Year

China Daily  

MONTE CARLO - Dutch long-distance runner Sifan Hassan and Botswana's sprint sensation Letsile Tebogo were named World Athletes of the Year at the 2024 World Athletics Awards in Monaco on Sunday. In addition to the World Athlete of the Year title, Tebogo also took home the Men's Track Athlete of the Year award, while American star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was named …

Sifan Hassan makes history as first Dutch person to be named best athlete in the world
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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Sifan Hassan makes history as first Dutch person to be named best athlete in the world

NL Times  

Sifan Hassan was chosen as the best athlete in the world for 2024 at the awards gala of the global association World Athletics in Monaco. The 31-year-old Hassan was the first woman ever to combine the 5,000 and 10,000 meter track distances with the maratho at the Games in Paris. The Dutch woman of Ethiopian descent won two world titles …

Diamond League: Yared Nuguse wins stacked 1,500 metres; Beatrice Chebet misses world record
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Diamond League: Yared Nuguse wins stacked 1,500 metres; Beatrice Chebet misses world record

The Hindu  

American Yared Nuguse fought off a high-calibre field to win the 1,500 metres at the Weltklasse Diamond League in Zurich on Thursday, on a night when the weather dampened world record expectations at the Letzigrund Stadium. Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet came to Zurich with the women’s 5000m world record in her sights, but the Kenyan had to go it alone …

Mondo Duplantis stuns Karsten Warholm in Scandinavian sprint showdown
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Mondo Duplantis stuns Karsten Warholm in Scandinavian sprint showdown

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Is Karsten Warholm v Armand Duplantis on TV? Start time and how to watch 100m race online tonight
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Is Karsten Warholm v Armand Duplantis on TV? Start time and how to watch 100m race online tonight

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Karsten Warholm vs Mondo Duplantis: Why sprint showdown could offer clues to the future of athletics
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Karsten Warholm vs Mondo Duplantis: Why sprint showdown could offer clues to the future of athletics

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Rome Diamond League: Tebogo scorches to 100m win; Yavi narrowly misses world record in 3000m steeplechase
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rome Diamond League: Tebogo scorches to 100m win; Yavi narrowly misses world record in 3000m steeplechase

The Hindu  

Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo outstripped Christian Coleman to win the 100m in impressive style at the Diamond League meeting in Rome on Friday. Yavi goes close Winfred Yavi, of Bahrain, poses by the clock after setting the best mark of the season in the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase during the Diamond League Golden Gala Pietro Mennea athletics meet at the Stadio Olimpico …

Diamond League 2024: Winfred Yavi Creates History In Women's 3000m Steeplechase; Breaks Several Records
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Diamond League 2024: Winfred Yavi Creates History In Women's 3000m Steeplechase; Breaks Several Records

ABP News  

Winfred Yavi World Lead: Winfred Yavi's run in the Women's 3000m Steeplechase event will be remembered for ages, as the Bahrain athlete broke a list of records with her iconic run at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. During her run, the Bahrainis clocked the time of 8:44:39 which has now the following records: New World Lead New Asian Record New …

Aarti wins 10000m race walk bronze with NR to open India's account in World U20 C'ships
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Aarti wins 10000m race walk bronze with NR to open India's account in World U20 C'ships

Hindustan Times  

Aarti won a bronze in women's 10000m race walk event with national U20 record time to open India's medal account in the World U20 Athletics Championships here on Friday. {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} Aarti broke her own earlier national record of 47:21.04 which she had clocked in March while winning gold in the National Federation Cup U20 Championships in Lucknow. On Thursday …

Jakob Ingebrigtsen shatters 28-year world record as Armand Duplantis makes more history at Diamond League
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Jakob Ingebrigtsen shatters 28-year world record as Armand Duplantis makes more history at Diamond League

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Armand Duplantis repeats Paris Olympics 2024 heroics: Entire timeline of record-breaking spree
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Armand Duplantis repeats Paris Olympics 2024 heroics: Entire timeline of record-breaking spree

Hindustan Times  

Armand Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record once again as he cleared 6.26 metres at the second attempt at the Silesia Diamond League meeting, on Sunday. He broke the world record for the 10th time in his career, surpassing the 6.25 metres he cleared after retaining his Olympic gold medal in Paris 2024. Meanwhile, Paris 2024 silver medallist …

Pole vault king Duplantis continues winning ways post-Olympics
4 months ago

Pole vault king Duplantis continues winning ways post-Olympics

China Daily  

Sweden's Armand Duplantis in action as he clears 6.15m during the men's pole vault at the Diamond League at Place de la Navigation, Lausanne, Switzerland on August 21, 2024. LAUSANNE - Armand Duplantis picked up from where he left off at his world record-setting, gold medal-winning showing at the Paris Olympics by dominating the men's pole vault at the Lausanne …

Pole vault king Duplantis continues winning ways post-Olympics
4 months ago

Pole vault king Duplantis continues winning ways post-Olympics

China Daily  

Sweden's Armand Duplantis in action as he clears 6.15m during the men's pole vault at the Diamond League at Place de la Navigation, Lausanne, Switzerland on August 21, 2024. LAUSANNE - Armand Duplantis picked up from where he left off at his world record-setting, gold medal-winning showing at the Paris Olympics by dominating the men's pole vault at the Lausanne …

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Aug. 16 - Aug. 22
4 months, 1 week ago

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Aug. 16 - Aug. 22

Associated Press  

Aug. 20 1921 — Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats Mary Browne, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to win the U.S. women’s national tennis title at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia. 1932 — Helen Hull Jacobs beats Carolyn Babcock to win the women’s singles title in the U.S. 1982 — Mystic Park becomes the first 3-year-old trotter to win the American Trotting Championship. …

Lyles, Hassan bookend fabulous track and field program
4 months, 1 week ago

Lyles, Hassan bookend fabulous track and field program

China Daily  

Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the Paris 2024 Olympics women's marathon gold medal on Sunday. The closest and highest quality men's 100-meter race and a late-night pole vault world record lit up the first week, while Sifan Hassan's final-day marathon win, to cap a barely believable hat-trick of medals, was a fitting …

Noah Lyles and Sifan Hassan bookend a fabulous Paris Olympics programme
4 months, 1 week ago

Noah Lyles and Sifan Hassan bookend a fabulous Paris Olympics programme

The Hindu  

The Olympic athletics programme, highlighted by the shortest event and then the longest, saw performances of astonishing quality and spine-tingling drama, played out to a beautiful and unique purple backdrop that will forever mean Paris. The closest and highest quality men's 100 metres race and a late-night pole vault world record lit up the first week, while Sifan Hassan's final-day …

Best of the 2024 Paris Olympics: Our staff picks for the Games’ superlative moments
4 months, 1 week ago

Best of the 2024 Paris Olympics: Our staff picks for the Games’ superlative moments

New York Times  

After nearly three weeks and more than 1,000 medals, the Paris Olympics have awarded their final gold. Also receiving votes: China’s diving team — won all eight Olympic diving gold medals Léon Marchand — the French swimmer won four golds and one bronze USA Basketball — extended its gold medal streak to five and eight Katie Ledecky — the American …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Bhutan’s marathon runner, Lhamo gets standing ovation for last-place finish
4 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Bhutan’s marathon runner, Lhamo gets standing ovation for last-place finish

The Hindu  

The last athlete to finish Sunday’s marathon, an hour and a half after the winner, did so to a standing ovation in a display of Olympic spirit on the last day of the Paris Games. Bhutan’s Kinzang Lhamo finished the hilly and hot course in three hours, 52 minutes and 59 seconds, encouraged over the last kilometres by spectators cycling …

Sifan Hassan creates history in groundbreaking women's marathon at Paris 2024 Olympic Games
4 months, 1 week ago

Sifan Hassan creates history in groundbreaking women's marathon at Paris 2024 Olympic Games

ABC  

When Sifan Hassan claimed her second bronze medal on the track at these Paris 2024 Olympic Games, she was already looking forward. Hell for most, heaven for one, as Hassan created history on a historic day for women's running. With the women's race closing out the athletics program for the first time, Dutch runner Hassan became the first woman in …

Sifan Hassan puts on a fight to win marathon gold at Paris Olympics 2024
4 months, 1 week ago

Sifan Hassan puts on a fight to win marathon gold at Paris Olympics 2024

Al Jazeera  

Once an Ethiopian asylum seeker, the Dutch distance running great won her third medal of the Paris Olympics in a thrilling finish to the women’s marathon. Sifan Hassan completed her mission impossible with a gruelling women’s marathon win on the sun-baked streets of Paris on the last day of the Olympics, giving the games a dramatic ending of her own. …

Women experienced the best of the Olympics — and the worst — in Paris
4 months, 1 week ago

Women experienced the best of the Olympics — and the worst — in Paris

LA Times  

After punching her way to a gold medal, winning bout after bout, the Algerian boxer felt like she had to keep fighting. The last two weeks in Paris — a setting for the classic novel “A Tale of Two Cities” — have been the best of times and the worst of times for female athletes. International Olympic Committee official Marie …

Paris Olympics 2024: India's campaign concludes on penultimate day with medal count currently at six
4 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics 2024: India's campaign concludes on penultimate day with medal count currently at six

Firstpost  

India’s campaign concluded with wrestler Reetika Hooda’s quarter-final exit in the women’s 76kg event and golfers Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar finishing tied-29th and tied-49th respectively on Saturday. India’s campaign at the 2024 Paris Olympics officially concluded on Saturday, the penultimate day of competitions, with Reetika Hooda bowing out of the women’s 76 kg wrestling event with a quarter-final defeat …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Wanyonyi extends Kenya’s 800 metres domination
4 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Wanyonyi extends Kenya’s 800 metres domination

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi held off one of the strongest fields in history to win the Olympic gold medal in the men’s 800 metres on Saturday, securing his country’s fifth consecutive Olympic title in the event. The world silver medallist narrowly missed the world record of 1:40.91 set by Kenya’s David Rudisha at the 2012 London Olympics, in laying down the …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins third straight 1,500m Olympic gold
4 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins third straight 1,500m Olympic gold

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon won her third straight Olympic 1,500 metres gold on Saturday, surging ahead of the pack to finish more than a second ahead of the field. Kipyegon cemented her status as one of the all-time great middle-distance runners, becoming the first athlete to claim three successive Olympic 1,500m titles. Her winning time of three minutes 51.29 seconds broke …

Paris 2024 Olympics: American Benjamin wins men’s 400 metres hurdles gold
4 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: American Benjamin wins men’s 400 metres hurdles gold

The Hindu  

Rai Benjamin finally got the better of great rival Karsten Warholm to win the Olympic 400 metres hurdles title on Friday, continuing the United States’ athletics gold rush and foiling the Norwegian’s bid to be the second man to retain the title. Benjamin, second behind Warholm in the Tokyo final and with two silvers and a bronze in world championships, …

The mind-blowing stat behind Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s stunning 400m hurdles world record at Paris Olympics
4 months, 2 weeks ago

The mind-blowing stat behind Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s stunning 400m hurdles world record at Paris Olympics

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Australia's Jessica Hull qualifies for the Paris Olympics 1,500m final as Peter Bol misses out in the 800m
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Australia's Jessica Hull qualifies for the Paris Olympics 1,500m final as Peter Bol misses out in the 800m

ABC  

Jessica Hull has declared she can win Olympic gold in the women's 1,500 metres "mega-final" in Paris. That's no longer a problem, as evidenced by Hull's blistering run of 3:50.83 at last month's Paris Diamond League meet which lifted her to fifth spot on the all-time list. The women's line-up of Ella Connolly, Bree Masters, Kirstie Edwards and Torrie Lewis …

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaks her own world record, wins Olympic gold again in 400-meter hurdles
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaks her own world record, wins Olympic gold again in 400-meter hurdles

Associated Press  

SAINT-DENIS, France — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone insists and insists that her biggest competition in any race are those 10 hurdles that circle the track. “Obviously, there are people next to you and they’re going to push you but it doesn’t matter if you don’t focus on the barriers in front of you,” McLaughlin-Levrone explaiend. “That was my focus, trying to be …

Paris Olympics javelin final highlights: Neeraj Chopra seals silver
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics javelin final highlights: Neeraj Chopra seals silver

Hindustan Times  

Arshad Nadeem shattered the world record and overshadowed Neeraj Chopra in the javelin final to strike a historic gold for Pakistan Neeraj Chopra had one shot or one opportunity to seize everything he ever wanted at the Paris Olympics 2024. Neeraj's arch-rival, Arshad Nadeem, shattered the world record to upstage the Indian javelin superstar and seal a historic gold medal …

Paris Olympics javelin final highlights: Neeraj Chopra seals silver
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics javelin final highlights: Neeraj Chopra seals silver

Hindustan Times  

Arshad Nadeem shattered the world record and overshadowed Neeraj Chopra in the javelin final to strike a historic gold for Pakistan Neeraj Chopra had one shot or one opportunity to seize everything he ever wanted at the Paris Olympics 2024. Neeraj's arch-rival, Arshad Nadeem, shattered the world record to upstage the Indian javelin superstar and seal a historic gold medal …

Swimming medallists’ timings don’t show a drastic change in Paris
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Swimming medallists’ timings don’t show a drastic change in Paris

The Hindu  

The lack of “World Records” set in the Paris swimming pools in the 2024 Olympics has become a hotly debated issue. In 2024, Olympic Records were created in 100m and 200m backstroke, 200m freestyle, and 200m butterfly events among women. For instance, in the 100m freestyle and 200m breaststroke, the Gold medallists in 2024 would have struck gold in all …

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaks world record to win another Olympic gold in 400m hurdles
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaks world record to win another Olympic gold in 400m hurdles

New York Times  

SAINT-DENIS, France — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is a privilege. She not only defended her Olympic crown in the 400-meter hurdles, besting Netherlands’ star Femke Bol in a much-anticipated showdown. She’s the first woman ever to repeat as Olympic champion of the 400-meter hurdles. Bol — now famous for swallowing America’s monster lead to deliver gold to the Dutch in the 4×400 …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Fast-finishing Hall takes 400m gold for US
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Fast-finishing Hall takes 400m gold for US

The Hindu  

Quincy Hall produced an incredible late surge to overhaul Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith and take a first Olympic 400 metres gold for the United States since 2008 in another scintillating race on Wednesday. Hudson-Smith seemed on course to win his country’s first gold over the distance since “Chariots of Fire” Eric Liddell in the Paris Games 100 years ago, but he …

Mondo Duplantis kisses girlfriend after breaking pole vault record in epic scene
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mondo Duplantis kisses girlfriend after breaking pole vault record in epic scene

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Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11: Vinesh Phogat Makes Historic Final- Full List Of India Results On August 6
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11: Vinesh Phogat Makes Historic Final- Full List Of India Results On August 6

ABP News  

Paris Olympics 2024, Day 11: A medal might not have been added against India on the medal tally in the Paris Olympics 2024 but it was a day which gave the country several reasons to smile. Neeraj Chopra only needed a throw and it was a monstrous one- 89.34 metres- to not only secure a place in the medal round …

Paris Olympics: Gold and world record inevitable when Duplantis takes flight
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics: Gold and world record inevitable when Duplantis takes flight

The Hindu  

Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis will later say he had been preparing for the moment all his life. I’d imagine I was jumping for an Olympic gold and also the World record.” Most kids have fantasies about era-defining sporting achievements. The 24-year-old will — in that order — win the Olympic gold medal, set the Olympic record and then break the World …

Armand Duplantis solidifies legacy with world record gold, cements himself alongside greats like Sergey Bubka
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Armand Duplantis solidifies legacy with world record gold, cements himself alongside greats like Sergey Bubka

Hindustan Times  

Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis once again demonstrated his pole vaulting mastery by breaking his own world record at the 2024 Paris Olympics, clearing 6.25 meters. This new record marks the ninth time Duplantis has set a world record, surpassing his previous record of 6.24 meters set in the Xiamen Diamond League earlier in the year. Bubka's leap of six meters in …

Mixed feelings for Sam Watson in Paris after he beats US teammate to break own climbing world record
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mixed feelings for Sam Watson in Paris after he beats US teammate to break own climbing world record

Associated Press  

LE BOURGET, France — There were mixed feelings for American Sam Watson after he broke his own world record for speed sport climbing at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday. “I think I honestly had a little bit of fault in the fact that I couldn’t get a faster second run and get the one seed going in,” he said. Email …

Armand Duplantis breaks pole vault world record again to top off Olympic gold at Paris 2024
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Armand Duplantis breaks pole vault world record again to top off Olympic gold at Paris 2024

The Independent  

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Paris 2024 Olympics: American Thomas fastest in women’s 200m semifinals
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: American Thomas fastest in women’s 200m semifinals

The Hindu  

Gabrielle Thomas of the United States sent an emphatic statement to her rivals in the Olympic women’s 200 metres as she cruised to the fastest time in the semifinal on Monday. Julien Alfred, who held off American Sha’Carri Richardson to win the 100m on Saturday and claim Saint Lucia’s first Olympic medal, clocked the second quickest time of 21.98. Rounding …

Paris 2024: Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis shatters Olympic and world record to retain Pole Vault Gold medal
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024: Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis shatters Olympic and world record to retain Pole Vault Gold medal

India TV News  

- that's the chant the whole Stade de France echoed with, in the wee hours of Monday night as world record holder Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis was man on a mission in men's pole vault final at the Paris Olympics. Duplantis not only retained his Gold medal but also shattered the Olympic and world record in a superhuman effort of flying …

Sweden's Duplantis sets new world record to win men's pole vault gold at Paris Games
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Sweden's Duplantis sets new world record to win men's pole vault gold at Paris Games

China Daily  

Armand Duplantis of Sweden poses with his new world record after the men's pole vault final of Athletics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug 5, 2024. PARIS - Sweden's Armand Duplantis broke his own world record as he successfully defended his pole vault title at the Paris Olympics on Monday. Duplantis, a two-time world champion who …

Pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis is breaking records at the Olympics
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis is breaking records at the Olympics

NPR  

Pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis is breaking records at the Olympics Pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis soared roughly a foot higher than the silver and bronze medalists. And he kept setting the bar higher, breaking the world record. Yesterday, in case you missed this, the pole vaulter went full Superman in Paris, soaring roughly a foot higher than the silver and bronze …

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